It comes to no surprise that Greece makes it on every list with popular places to visit, but now Greeks have one more reason to celebrate as their country has just been named one of the ‘Most Hospitable Places in the World’ in the latest report released by Booking.com.

The distinction came in the seventh edition of Bookimg.com’s annual report as part of their Guest Review Awards for 2018.

In the report, guests evaluate of hundreds of thousands of properties across 219 countries and territories and the awards are announced based on which countries feature the most welcoming and highly rated locations and establishments.

Greece’s amazing landscapes and archaeological sites as well as its budding nightlife not to mention great food have been praised numerous times placing it in the most “visit-worth” top ten of destinations alongside Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, New Zealand, Taiwan, Romania, Hungary, Ireland and Serbia.

With a major part of the Greek economy heavily based on tourism, booking.com highly suggests the home of “filoxenia” which stands for “love of strangers”.